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Clint Hurdle Gone. Batter Up?!
Neftali Feliz is the American League Rookie of the Year. Deservedly so.
Cliff Lee's Arkansas friends can't imagine him leaving Texas for New York. Fingers crossed.
But now Texas Rangers' hitting coach Clint Hurdle is the new manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. What becomes of Josh Hamilton's toe-tapless swing?
I know attrition is
sometimes usually a by-product of success, but this isn't a minor loss. Hurdle was a sounding board and more for Hamilton during what should be an MVP season (we'll find out November 23) and his more patient philosophy led to the Rangers becoming a more efficient offensive output in their memorable 2010.
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Google faces UK legal action over Safari tracking
So far, so bad
INTERNET ADVERTISING BROKER Google is facing some delayed legal action in the UK over having tracked iPhone and Safari users without their knowledge.
Google has already admitted to this, saying that it was a bug and an error and should not have happened. Last November the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) fined Google $22.5m.
Perhaps smelling the blood in the water, 12 plaintiffs have banded together in the UK to seek their own satisfaction.
Law firm Olswang is handling the case, which could open Google to damage payments. Not just for the 12, but also for anyone else with an iPhone that used Google via the Safari browser.
"Google has a responsibility to consumers and should be accountable for the trust placed in them," said Dan Tench, a partner at Olswang.
"We hope that they will take this opportunity to give Safari users a proper explanation about what happened, to apologise and, where appropriate, compensate the victims of their intrusion."
Google has not commented to us, but according to a report at Mashable it is looking to remove all traces of the case from legal diaries in the US and squash any class action lawsuits.
The firm has filed a motion to dismiss saying now, as before, that any the cookies it used did not collect personal information.
It says that if any personalised ads were served it is probably because of some information handed over by the user at some time and to another firm. It adds that the people that are calling themselves victims will not have been harmed.
In the UK a Facebook page has been set up to encourage more plaintiffs to come forward. The group, called Safari Users Against Google's Secret Tracking, is in no doubt that the search firm is in the wrong.
"Google deliberately undermined protections on the Safari browser so that they could track users' internet usage and to provide personally tailored advertising based on the sites previously visited. There was no way to know that Google did this. In fact, they made it clear that they did not do this on the Safari browser," it says.
"It could mean for many users that surprises such as engagements, presents and holidays were destroyed when partners looked at their computers and saw display ads based on sites previously visited. There are many examples of the inappropriate consequences of such intrusion." µ
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My very first book is in presale, ready to wing its way to your hands on December 6th, 2016!
Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine looks at the eight most popular flavors in American cooking as a way to define American food–and the American people. Moving chronologically through our history, I explore black pepper, vanilla, curry powder, chili powder, soy sauce, garlic, MSG, and Sriracha. But this book is really about people, the folks who have shaped American food over time; and these are people that don't normally get a page in our history books: blacks, women, immigrants. There's Edmond Albius, a twelve-year-old slave, who discovered the technique still used to pollinate vanilla orchids today. And David Tran, the Vietnamese refugee who created Sriracha to support his family.
This book has got it all! There's gorgeous illustrations (by Peter Van Hyning):
Fun facts:
And tempting recipes:
Let's face it: I've just made your Holiday shopping a snap. You can buy the book here.
Thank you in advance for reading, and thank you for being fans, followers and readers–it's because of you that this project has come to fruition!]]>
In the early 20th century, a group Jewish people believed that the less meat you ate, the closer you would be to god. By refraining from eating meat and fish, one could avoid the necessity of slaughtering living beings. This idea was epitomized in The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook (originally published as Vegtarish-Dietischer Kokhnukh: 400 Shpeizn Gemakht Oysshlislekh fun Grsin, or Vegetarian-Dietetic Cookbook: 400 Recipes Made Exclusively from Vegetables), a kosher cookbook published in 1938. Originally printed in Lithuania, it was recently re-released and translated into English. For a special event promoting the book's release, I was asked to prepare a recipe; typically for me, I picked the weirdest recipe I could find: cabbage cake.
Because the laws of kosher dictate the separation of meat and dairy, there are many vegetarian (and vegan) recipes among Jewish cultures. In New York City, as well as in other Jewish centers, dairy restaurants and appetizing stores flourished at the turn of the century, alongside their meat counterparts, delicatessens. Additionally, vegetarian meals were more affordable; so often, a Jewish family on a budget–or in a situation where they had little access to meat–would turn to vegetarian recipes like the ones offered in The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook.
The book's author, Fania Lewando, ran her own vegetarian restaurant and kosher cooking school in Vilna, Lithuania. In her introduction, she enthused on the virtues of a vegetarian life, spoke on the health giving properties of plants, and gave a a brief history of vegetarianism as "a Jewish movement."
And she offered great practical advice, like "Throw nothing out, everything can be made into food. For example, don't throw out the water in which you have cooked mushrooms or green peas; it can be used for various soups. Don't throw out the vegetables used to make a vegetable broth. You can make various foods from them, as shown in this cookbook."
Many of her recipes are simple and practical; others are fashionable, and sometimes even outrageous. In the pages of her cookbook, you can find Pickle Soup, a stew of root vegetables, peas and pickle brine; Buckwheat Kasha Cutlets, a homemade meat substitute similar to the foods Kellogg served at his vegetarian Sanitarium; Stuffed Imitation Kishke, the vegetarian version of a traditional sausage of stuffed beef intestine; and even a recipe for Kvass, a fermented beverage made from rye bread.
Cabbage Cake — or "Cake Filled with Cabbage" — intrigued me because who fills a cake with cabbage? But like the many bizarre recipes I am tempted to try, I saw potential. It layered a buttery, savory yeast dough with a slow cooked mix of butter, cabbage and onions.
Cake Filled with Cabbage
Adapted from the Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook, By Fania Lewanda, 1938
Translated from the original Yiddish by Eve Jochnowitz
4 cups white flour
1 packet yeast
1/2 cup milk, warm
1.5 cups (three sticks) unsalted butter
5 egg yolks
3 eggs
2 tablespoons sugar
1 Head of cabbage, shredded (about 2 pounds)
1 cup chopped onions
Since I made this cake for an event, the results were fed to about 100 people. I was worried the cake might be too weird. But in the end, it's all about the experience; which is why I pick the recipe that sounds the most interesting, not the one that sounds the most delicious.
But thankfully, Cabbage Cake was both interesting and delicious. The yeasty dough paired perfectly with the buttery cabbage, that savory filling contrasting with the slightly sweet crust. The crust was crisp, and the filling melt-in-your mouth. It was an all around hit, and a dish I would make again as a vegetarian side or even a main course.
If you live in the new York City area and you'd like to learn more about the history of Jewish cuisine, I'm giving a special program at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum on May 18th. It will feature a tour focusing on the diversity of Jewish food, as well as a cooking class! Sign up here!
One of my first forays into historical gastronomy was inspired by a book called Taverns of Yesteryear.
In 2003, I had just moved into an apartment off of Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. I'd live with my new roommate Jeff for all but one of the next 8 years. Early in our time together, we took a walk down the street to the local antique store, Attenson's, four rooms and two floors packed floor to ceiling with treasures. We both especially loved the Bargain Basement, down the stairs, where chintzy and unwanted goods sat collecting dust on plywood shelves.
I don't remember which one of us spotted Taverns first, but I know I bought it at Jeff's urging. Published in 1960 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of "Schmidt's of Philadelphia," (Schmidt's brewing closed in the mid-1980s, now it's a dining and shopping center) it's of a genre of books that were published when America was gearing up for its bicentennial. A slew of historical works came out, including some focused on food history. They were nostalgic, if not always accurate, tributes to historic eating and drinking.
Taverns started with what it calls a "brief ramble among Pennsylvania's early inns and taverns." In the back of the book, there were recipes. One caught our eye that seemed particular appalling: an Ale Flip
2 quarts beer
1 lemon
1/2 oz cinnamon
4 teaspoons brown sugar
1 glass ale
12 eggs
Break the eggs and separate the whites. Removed the peel from the lemon and cut in thin strips. Put the beer and ale in a large saucepan, add lemon peel, cinnamon and sugar, and bring to a boil. Beat the egg whites in a large bowl. Remove the saucepan from the fire and pour its contents onto the beaten-up egg whites. Without stirring the mixture, empty it into one of the pitchers. Pour it smartly back and forth from pitcher to pitcher, until the froth is deep. Serve in glass mugs.
Inspired by the book, Jeff & I (along with our third roommate, Tom) threw a party. Our excuse was when our friend Misha got his American citizenship; we celebrated with a Revolutionary War Party. There were costumes, as well as historic food, and the ale flip:
That's me trying to pour it "smartly back and forth from pitcher to pitcher." It was pretty bad; unevenly cooked meringue sitting on top of sweet, warm beer. One guest called it "hot beer custard." I tried it again a few years later, and instead of pouring the concoction between pitchers, I beat egg whites into a meringue in a stand mixer, then slowly added the hot, mulled beer. It still tasted like hot beer custard.
The ale flip was indeed a drink consumed in 18th century New England taverns. As opposed to being heated in a saucepan, like the 20th century recipe, it was traditionally heated with a hot fire poker, and included a shot of rum as well as ale, eggs, and sugar. You can see it here in a 1772 bill from Bowen's tavern in Rhode Island. It appears in Jerry Thomas' 1862 bartending guide here; he adds grated nutmeg to the mixture. This 1897 book on life in old-timey England (another work of nostalgia) adds a blade of mace, a clove, and a piece of butter.
I decided to give the ale flip another chance when I came across in the modern book Cooking with Fire, which I've written about before when I tried the author's "burnt cream" recipe . I've been planning an 18th century tavern dinner with Old Stone House of Brooklyn and Greenpoint Beer & Ale Co. It's going to be a three course, 18th century meal with beer pairings–tickets and menu here–and I thought it might be nice if guests got a winter warmer when they walked in: the ale flip.
So I gave it one more shot, this time following historic recipes, and using a real fire poker. Here's what it looks like when you plunge the poker in the drink:
ale_flip from Sarah Lohman on Vimeo.
And now I understand. This ale flip had intensely creamy mouth feel from the protein in the gently cooked egg. It's slightly sweet from the brown sugar, but the brown ale gave a not unpleasant bitter coffee taste. The rum gave it an extra kicked that warmed inside and out.
So here's my version. If you have a fireplace, I highly recommend it. And if you live in New York City Are, come on out on Wednesday, March 16th to our tavern feast and I'll make one for you in person. Proceeds from the dinner benefit the rebuilding of Old Stone House's outdoor cooking hearth and bread oven–where I teach classes every spring!
The Ale Flip
Based on an 18th Century New England tavern drink.
For the Sugar Syrup:
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup water
1/4 of a grated nutmeg
1 cinnamon stick
2 cloves
4 blades mace
and if you're feeling fancy, a couple smashed cardamom pods.
Combine in a sauce pan and bring to a boil over high heat without stirring. Remove from heat.
For the drink:
1 bottle brown or amber ale (12 oz) room temperature and preferably flat. Just open a bottle, or a growler, and let it sit out.
1 egg
2-3 tablespoons sugar syrup
1 ounce dark or golden rum
Combine first three ingredients in a heat safe mug or bowl wide enough to accommodate the top of the fire poker. Whisk until egg is slightly frothy. Add rum.
Heat a fire poker in coals until hot. Pull out of the fire and plunge into mug/bowl. Remove when bubbling stops. If a little ash gets in there, it's not going to hurt anyone–and you can scoop it off the top with a spoon. If the drink isn't warm enough; repeat. Top with a bit of fresh, grated nutmeg.
Good questions–and ones I answer thoroughly in my book. But in the meantime, there have been several great recent podcasts that address those questions and concerns. I've rounded them up here so you can binge-listen and draw your own conclusions!
Stuff You Should Know: How Umami Works!
For millennia humans have recognized four tastes, but in the 1980s a fifth taste first isolated in Japan gained worldwide acceptance – and took off like a rocket! Learn about meaty, musty, savory umami in this episode. Includes a history of MSG and explanation of it's savory taste. Listen Here!
Gastropod: The United States of Chinese Food
Get the low down on MSG's long-time association with Chinese Food.
Wander into any town in the U.S., no matter how small and remote, and you're likely to find at least one Chinese restaurant. In fact, there are more Chinese restaurants in America than McDonalds, KFC, and Burger King combined. And the food they serve is completely unlike anything you'll find in China. In this episode of Gastropod, we ask one crucial question: why?
Masters of Social Gastronomy Podcast: Monosodium Glutamate
This is an oldie but a goodie from me & Soma; the full history and sciense of MSG!
I'm doing a super fun tour of the Tropical Pavilion on Saturday, December 5th! We'll explore the flavors used in holiday cooking and baking-like vanilla, black pepper, and chocolate-as well as coffee and kola. We'll use sight, smell, and taste to experience these ingredients in their natural form and learn all about their history and usage. It's a good time, and the true origins of these tropical plants will amaze you. Best part–admission to the BBG is included in the price of the tour. So you can spend the rest of your day in the warmth of the greenhouses, or touring the grounds!
$18, Get Tickets here! Tours at 10:30, 12:30 or 2:30
Some anthropologists theorize that the murderous mania of the Salem Witch Trials wasn't caused by religious panic or hectic politics. They blame ergot, a grain fungus that causes paranoia, hallucinations and convulsions—the same symptoms that were thought to be caused by "bewitchment."
Read the whole story–an interview with me!–on Hopes and Fears HERE.]]>
Masters of Social Gastronomy: Foods that go Bump in the Night
Tuesday, October 20th. Doors at 7:30pm, talks start at 8pm
Littlefield, 622 Degraw Street in Gowanus
Learn all about the fascinating connection between monster myths and culinary history, a rye fungus that caused mass hallucinations (and may have led to the Salem Witch Trials!), and famous cannibals from around the world. Get your ticket here!
Gin History at LIM Alive @Five
Friday, October 23rd, 5pm
$15 at the door
The Long Island Museum, 1200 NY-25A, Stony Brook, NY
Experience the LIM after hours. Join us for drinks, light refreshments, and a special program. Admission is $15; $10 for members at the door.
Join historic gastronomist Sarah Lohman as she explores the history of gin and why it was the alcohol of choice during prohibition. Ms. Lohman will discuss gin's current day revival and enjoy an opportunity to see and smell the botanicals that create gin's distinctive flavor profile. With cocktails!
Candy: From Early History to Halloween
Thursday, October 29th, 6:30-8pm
$14 Tickets Available Here!
Brooklyn Brainery, 190 Underhill Ave. Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Isn't it weird that one day a year it's appropriate to threaten people into giving you candy? Where did the Halloween tradition come from? And actually, how did we come up with candy in the first place?
In this class, we'll cover a brief world history of candy, from the botanic roots ofsugarcane, to the first processed confections from the Middle East, to the magical candy medicines of medieval Europe. Then, we'll sort out the origins of Halloween, along with modern myths like the "razor blade in the apple."
And, what would a talk on candy be without lots and lots of CANDY: historic candy samples will abound to help you learn. Get you tickets here!
Food of the Dead: A Culinary History of the Funeral
Thursday, October 29th, 8pm
$16 Get your tickets here!
Brooklyn Brainery, 190 Underhill Ave. Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
At the end of an early American funeral, participants were given a cookie: spiced with caraway, and stamped with a special design, they were often kept for years as a memento of the departed.
Although mourning traditions have changed over time, and vary from place to place, what they have in common is food and drink. In this talk we'll look at the culinary traditions surrounding funerals throughout American history, and we'll taste beer from Midas's tomb, funeral cakes, and Mormon funeral potatoes. Get your tickets here!
Brooklyn Bounty
Tuesday, November 10th 7pm
26 Bridge, DUMBO
This year's Brooklyn Bounty will feature curated tastings of a nineteenth century Dutch-American meal with a modern twist. Recipes will be inspired by one of BHS's prized artifacts, Mrs. Lefferts' Book. This handwritten recipe book, compiled by Maria Lott Lefferts (1786-1865) and her daughter Gertrude Lefferts Vanderbilt (1824-1902), showcases traditional Dutch dishes. The menu is curated by Historic Gastronomist Sarah Lohman and executed by some of Brooklyn's best restaurants. Our festive special evening will include a live auction, music and more fun surprises! Cocktail attire encouraged.
Edible Tours of the Tropical Pavilion
Saturday, December 5th, at 10:30, 12:30 or 2:30
$18, Tickets here!
The Brooklyn Botanical Garden, 990 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Enjoy the warmth of our Tropical Pavilion on this edible greenhouse tour! We'll explore the flavors used in holiday cooking and baking-like vanilla, black pepper, and chocolate-as well as coffee and kola. We'll use sight, smell, and taste to experience these ingredients in their natural form and learn all about their history and usage.
Cocoa in the City: NYC Chocolate Makers
Thursday, Dec 10, 7 pm
$12/$8 for BHS and G-W members Reserve Tickets
Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Historic gastronomist Sarah Lohman returns to BHS, this time to explore the history and intricate production process behind everyone's favorite treat: chocolate. With a panel of chocolate makers, from bean to bar producers to confectioners of fine chocolates, discover the origin story behind some of your favorite chocolate bars and mouth-watering truffles. Tastings included!
At the Kid's Table: Cornelia's Kitchen
Saturday, December 12th, 2-4
$16 RSVP required to email@example.com
New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY
Family Program
Dutch families in New Amsterdam were known for their delicious holiday confections—can you imagine all the good smells that would have come out of their kitchens?
During this program, participants will take the place of Cornelia van Varick in her seventeenth-century kitchen as she prepares traditional food for the New Year. We'll handle objects and ingredients that Cornelia would have had, such as sugar cones and nippers, Dutch ovens, and mortar and pestles. Then we'll use them to make two Dutch holiday treats, orange caraway cookies and fried doughnuts, that participants can taste and take home.
Distilling Brooklyn from Brooklyn Historical Society on Vimeo.]]>
It's one of the most complex food products you'll ever consume: a thermodynamic miracle that contains all three states of matter—solid, liquid, and gas—at the same time. And yet no birthday party, beach trip, or Fourth of July celebration is complete without a scoop or two.
Contrary to popular myth, ice cream was not brought to Italy from China by Marco Polo, and then introduced to France by Catherine de Medici. In fact, it is a delicious love-child, born of the union between a culinary tradition of custards and burnt creams in medieval Northern Europe, and the fruity, floral, sherbets (sharbat in Persian) that were typically served over ice as a refreshing drink in the Middle East.
This episode of Gastropod serves up a big bowl of delicious ice cream, topped with the hot fudge sauce of history and a sprinkling of science. Grab your spoons and join us as we bust ice-cream origin myths, dig into the science behind brain freeze, and track down a chunk of pricey whale poo in order to recreate the earliest ice cream recipe written in English
Listen here to learn more!]]>
I was on site early for a booze free ginger smoothie to settle my digestion, and for a turn through Cocktail Kingdom's shop. I bought a copy of The South American Gentleman's companion, from 1939, which has been on my wish list for a long time. CK's bar ware is also the most lovely I have ever seen.
I'm at the Prehistoric Cocktail Technology Demo (really it was more 19th century techniques useful today) presented by Alcademics.com. A few fun facts:
And he had some interesting slides, so here they are!
Demo on how to inpregnate water with air–carbonating.
12pm I went to Lucullus Culinary Antiques. Mind blowing- and expensive! Because they have the best examples of what's out there.
Afternoon: I had a few hours of chill out time, so I went to Cane and Table, which is describe as upscale tiki. I wanted something with their house made orgeat, and I'm not sue what in got, but it was crest and delicious. Also, fresh puffed pork rinds and three bean hummus with chips! Salty. Helpful.
My last seminar was with cocktail legend Dale DeGroff, who talked is through bitters and how they can change the taste of a classic Manhattan. My phone died, so I have but the one photo.
And now I'm at the airport. The last four days have been a whirlwind, and I'm not sure if I'm sad or relieved to leave. I would do it again. Next year? Ever other year? I'm not sure. But when I come back, I want to see more, do more, flirt more, drink more.


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TravelPod Member ReviewsThe Pirate Haus Inn Saint Augustine
Really nice place with bedbunks and private rooms. The staff is Great and overall just a really cosy place
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Historical Traveler Reviews The Pirate Haus Inn Saint Augustine
The Pirate Haus Our Best Vacation EVER
We have just returned from a 10 day (July 3rd to the 13th) stay at The Pirate Haus in St. Augustine, FL. My family and my friend of 17 years and her family stayed in 2 of the private room and all 9 of us have decided the The Pirate Haus is the GREATEST place to stay to get the full effect of St. Augustine the oldest city. When you arive you feel like to stepped back in time. To The Captain Conrad, Thank you for the best vacation we have ever had, you made our stay feel like we were at home visiting with friends. Your hospitality is the best, and so are the rates. I highly recommended everyone wanting a memorable vacation with your family / friends stay here at The Pirate Haus Inn. And parking if Free for private rooms. The private rooms have AC and a ceiling fan to keep you cool, also a private bathroom. We all hated to leave. We will be back again and again [:)] [:)]
Have a Great Day
Stefanie Easter
The best deal in downtown St. Augustine
So why didn't I give it an excellent?
Well if you're looking for maid service and poofy and pretentious hotel exteriors, you're not going to get it. For private rooms, you will get a large room with bunk beds, wall paintings, free pirate pancakes, a fun living room, and a place to meet people from all over. So I didn't give it an excellent because I know some people just won't "fit" here. I came here with three couples in my husband's families and I know their taste had to be widened a bit after staying here.
The owner, Conrad, is amazing. He's the best cross between a great friend, a truthful concierge, and an approachable pirate. The rooms have their own individual paintings and you could just stare at the beauty in the artwork all around the place.
It's not made for persons with mobility disabilities. There are some steep stairs you climb to get to the inn.
The price is best part for a spacious room downtown St. Augustine. We paid around 60 WITH tax.
There's a great room down the hall to watch t.v., surf the internet, borrow toys for your kids, play board games, and so much more. We held my in-laws 40th wedding anniversary get together there between a couple of family members. There's a kitchen alongside, that serves more like a co-op. In addition, the private rooms have mini-fridges too.
We don't care for maid service nor anything that requires us to feel like we're at some howard johnson . . .so this place was fabulous. If you're an extremely light sleeper, i'd watch out, because wooden floors may allow you to hear hyperactive kids in the hallways after quiet hours are over.
The best attraction in St. Augustine!
This was my first time in St. Augustine, and I have to say-- overall, the city was a little too tourist-y for my tastes; but the Pirate Haus made it all worthwhile. The first mate was incredibly helpful in all aspects of our trip- and they had books of menus and other things to do in town. I loved this inn- the people are friendly, the pancakes are great and the rooms are comfortable and lovely. The common room and the rooftop patio are great places to relax your aching feet after walking all day-- and best of all, the location cannot be beat! I was right in the middle of everything- and blocks from anything I wanted to do or see or eat. Make sure you listen for the late night drunk revelers-- everyone that passes the hotel at night says ARRRR!
Thank you for your patronage,
Cap'n Conrad
I love expensive B&B's too, but forget them just this once!
I am a college professor in my 60's, and my wife is a librarian about the same age. We have stayed at beaufiful B&B's from Victoria, B.C. to San Antonio to Charlottetown (PEI) to North Carolina, and 5-star hotels in both Asia and Europe. Sound like your typical hostel guests? Then why would we try a hostel? Because EVERYBODY loves this place! For example, check the Lonely Planet book on Florida, and try to find a hotel which gets as much space as Pirate Haus! Possible concerns we had before going:
too noisy? Didn't happen. Not clean enough? Didn't happen. Too many teen-agers? Some of the visitors were older than we are! Downsides: yes, the parking for the private room people is tight, but arranging to make sure we could get out when we wanted to was easy. Common area was not as fancy as our home or a B&B, but I don't think many B&B's, at any price, were within walking distance of as many things as Pirate Haus. Anyway, we were here to see St. Augustine, not to admire furniture; we can do Victorian in our own bedroom at home better than most B&B's. Conrad loves to talk about this place, about what to see and where to eat. We found him a VERY good guide. We can hardly wait to go back with our grandsons!
The Pirate Haus is awesome!
Husband & I stayed at the Pirate Haus December 29, 2005-January 1, 2006. Prior to reserving our room back in November 2005, we had never heard of the Pirate Haus, Conrad, or anyone/anything associated with Pirate Haus. Everything about the Pirate Haus is excellent!
Excellent value: We did our homework before we left home. We looked at rates for chain motels in the area (none of which are actually located in the historical district-except Casa Monica) and at the local B&B's in the area. Our cost for 3 nights at the Pirate Haus was the same as 1 night's rate at many of the B&B's in the area.
Excellent, Friendly and Helpful staff: We arrived in St. Augustine very late on the 29th. We called Conrad to get directions. When we arrived someone had double-parked in the Pirate Haus's lot. Somehow Conrad had a space elsewhere reserved for us. Given the general lack of parking space in the area, we so appreciated this. Later, we used the kitchen to prepare some dinner for ourselves. Conrad was also in the kitchen at that time and offered us some of his own food! The fully-equipped kitchen is available for all guests to use.
Excellent location: the Castillo de San Marcos and the Spanish colonial quarter are literally no more than a 5 minute walk from the Pirate Haus's front door to the entrance for these attractions.
Excellent LOCAL advice: Conrad gave us a map marked with what's good/what's bad about St. Augustine including attractions, food, etc.
Excellent room: We stayed in the Map Room, which is a private room. We had a Queen-sized bed, PRIVATE bathroom (contrary to earlier posts here on this subject), A/C. It was quiet as was the Pirate Haus overall. There were no wild parties, or drunk obnoxious people running in the hall.
Excellent Pirate Pancakes: Unlimited, every morning 7:30-9:30. Conrad makes them personally. He made one with my husband's and my name on it.
The only snag we ran into was that another guest boxed our car in on the morning we had to depart. This does not reflect on the Pirate Haus, but rather on the general parking situation in St. Augustine. Conrad was quite helpful in solving this minor inconvenience.
Pirate Pancakes...
More a guesthouse than a hostel with private clean bathrooms and lovley themed rooms with aircon. It�s very central in the old town and you get pirate pancakes for breakfast!
VERY clean, friendly & CONVENIENT!
This hostel is extremely clean and located in the heart of the historical district. You can walk to all the sites and drink yourself silly in all the bars surrounding the hostel. Conrad, the "Pirate Captain" will entertain your kids and teach them how to swashbuckle and/or give you the info on all the worthwhile things to see and do. You also get free pirate pancakes. Can't beat the price for the location. It's a small hostel so it is quite easy to make friends or stay isolated (your choice). There are private rooms w/baths as well.
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Radionuclides produced by past nuclear weapon test explosions comprise the largest source of anthropogenic radioactivity released into the earth's atmosphere to date. This volume presents data and models about the fate of the released radionuclides and their possible effects on human health. It is divided into the following three parts:
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tl;dr: Groovy cannot find a program (
phantomjs, which is on my
$PATH) when I attempt to execute the shell command from a class -- it's otherwise finds it just fine from the Groovy Console or from a Grails CLI script. What gives?
We have a Grails script to execute JavaScript unit tests in PhantomJS ("the headless WebKit"). When these tests are executed in a stand-alone script (call it
grails test-js) things work just fine. The relevant line from the Grails/Gant script was:
// where 'jsTests' is a List with the paths to each test
def failures = 0
jsTests.each {
Process p = "phantomjs lib/phantom-jasmine/lib/run_jasmine_test.coffee file://${it}".execute()
failures += p.exitValue()
But since we want this to run as part of the usual
grails test-app cycle, we created an implementation of
org.codehaus.groovy.grails.test.GrailsTestType. When we get to the part in that implementation where we need to execute the tests, that same code (as above) doesn't work, and Groovy/Grails complains that:
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "phantomjs": error=2, No such file or directory
My first thought was that
phantomjs was not on my
$PATH -- but I know that it is, and again: it worked when run from the Grails/Gant script. So I tried it in the Groovy Console, and it works OK from there.
Now, if I switch from
phantomjs to
/absolute/path/to/phantomjs, then it works fine. But hard-coding an absolute filesystem path into the class cannot be the solution.
So: why isn't Groovy finding
phantomjs under those circumstances?
Update: I suspect that this might have something to do with my IDE (IntelliJ Idea), as this error doesn't appear to be happening when running this from the command line.


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- 1 (Anatomy) she kneed him in the groinle dio un rodillazo en la entrepiernaExample sentences
- The defender's right elbow is locked and her hand cannot strike the attacker's groin.
- The heavy man clutched his groin in pain and fell to his knees on the ground.
- Now he dropped the sword and she brought her knee up into the man's groin.
- 2 (Architecture) (before noun) groin vaultExample sentences
- It is characterized by heavy, load-bearing masonry, the round-headed arch and its derivatives, the groin, and barrel vaulting.
- Gilt threads glittered in the weave of pennants and tapestries and high overhead a gold-trimmed groin vault shouldered off the arches of a marble ceiling.
- The corridor opened into a T-junction in a groin vault serving as a landing for a broad, dimly-lit staircase.
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